WEBVTT ST THE DEPUTYCOMING TO SURFACE.CLAIRE: AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTINGA DUI DEFENDANT REQUESTED DEPUTYJOHN BRAMAN'S BODY CAMERA VIDEOAS PART OF HIS DEFENSE CASE. HE WASN'T LOOKING FOR ANYTHINGTO DO WITH THEFT, BUT SAYS HEFOUND IT.MR. WHITED: THE MONEY DIDN'TMAKE IT IN THE PLASTIC BAG, IT'SPRETTY CLEAR.CLAIRE: FLEM WHITED SAYS THISBODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS DEPUTYJOHN BRAMAN INVENTORYING HISCLIENT'S PERSONAL PROPERTY INTHE TRUNK OF HIS PATROL CAR, WHILE THE CLIENT WAS UNDERARREST IN THE BACK SEAT. WATCH CAREFULLY. WHITED SAYS YOUSEE THE DEPUTY GOING THROUGH THEDEFENDANT'S WALLET BEFORE HEPUTS IT IN A PLASTIC PROPERTYBAG, AND REMOVING CASH, SPECIFICALLY,SAYS WHITED, 2 $100 BILLS.MR. WHITED: THE GUY JUST TAKESTWO $100 BILLS OUT OF THECLIENT'S WALLET, THROWS THEM INHIS TRUNK, FOLDS THE WALLET BACKUP, SHUTS THE TRUNK, AND THE WALLETIS THEN BOOKED IN ANDINVENTORIED LESS $200, AND THAT$200 IS IN HIS TRUNK.CLAIRE: WHITED ALERTEDAUTHORITIES, INCLUDING THE STATEATTORNEY AND THE SHERIFF'SOFFICE, AND ON FRIDAY, SHERIFF MIKECHITWOOD ANNOUNCED DEPUTYBRAMAN, WHO HAD PREVIOUSLYRECEIVED A MEDAL OF HONOR AFTERBEING SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY,WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION.SHERIFF CHITWOOD: THISORGANIZATION HAS RECEIVEDSEVERAL COMPLAINTS THAT DEPUTYBRAMAN, DURING CAR STOPS IN WHICH HEARRESTED THE OPERATOR OF THEVEHICLE FOR DUI CHARGES, WASSTEALING MONEY FROM THEIRWALLETS WHILE HE WAS PROCESSINGTHOSE PRISONERS.CLAIRE: THE SHERIFF SAYS BRAMANWAS TURNING HIS BODY CAMERA OFFTO ALLEGEDLY STEAL MONEY, BUT WE'VE LEARNED THE DEVICEBEGINS RECORDING 30 SECONDSBEFORE IT'S TURNED ON, WHICH ISHOW A DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOUNDTHIS EVIDENCE.MR. WHITED: HE CLEARLY WASN'TEXPECTING THIS TO BE ON FILM,I'M SURE.CLAIRE: WE OBTAINED RECORDS THATSHOW DEPUTY BRAMAN WASPREVIOUSLY REPRIMANDED, AND ONCESUSPENDED FOR 12 HOURS, FORMISSING TRAFFIC COURT HEARINGSINCLUDING A DUI CASE WHERE HE

Newly released body camera video appears to show a Volusia County deputy stealing money from a DUI suspect.

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Deputy John Braman resigned Monday, just days after the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said “multiple” allegations have been made about him stealing from suspected DUI drivers.

Braman, 33, had been with the sheriff’s office since 2007. He was assigned to road patrol.

“Integrity is the cornerstone of any law enforcement officer’s career. Once you lose your integrity, you’ve lost your ability to be an effective law enforcement officer,” Sheriff Mike Chitwood said in a statement posted to the sheriff’s office Facebook page.